Right now I am trying my damnedest to not accomplish any work tonight. Yes, I am giving a final in one of my classes tomorrow. Yes, I will be receiving 50 10-page papers tomorrow to grade along with 50 finals that have ten short answer questions I will also have to grade. Yes, I have … Continue reading
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A Plethora of Avocados
So my landlords, as a consolation for being out of hearth and home, have given us a mass of avocados. And when I say mass, I mean enough for a vat of guacamole or enough to do 55 cobb salads with leftovers for those starving children in India. There is a freaking lot of avocados, … Continue reading
Comfort Food
It never fails: I always end the semester with a sinus infection. Somehow, my body copes with stress by making me feel miserable. When I feel this sick, all I want to do is curl up in front of a fireplace (with a fire in it) with my blanket, a book, and water and spend … Continue reading
Traveling Plans
It’s difficult to be in the homemaking state of mind the evening before you travel. We are leaving for San Francisco tomorrow, and I am unwilling to do anything but eat take-out and pack. However, I still have produce lurking in the fridge, just waiting to be ignored and go bad. As the children’s book … Continue reading
Epic Pasta
Ernest Hemingway writes in The Sun Also Rises that the road to hell is paved with stuffed dogs. I disagree. The road to hell is paved with stuffed pasta: ravioli to be exact. Somehow, I’ve managed to spend this Tuesday, my day “off,” attempting (in every sense of the word) to make homemade ravioli. Sure … Continue reading
The Great Enough
I sit amidst the wreckage of the aftermath of an impromptu cocktail/dinner party with some of my girlfriends from college. We all lead very busy lives: one of us is in law school, another is a nurse, another is a school counselor, yet another has her MBA and teaches English with me at the university … Continue reading
